Up, up and away!
It was so nice of them schedule today's launch of the crewed Starliner just after breakfast here. Every time I watch a launch these days, I think back, privileged to have watched America's first manned launch: John Glenn going up to touch space, and return. I was in 4th grade and they wheeled a television on a high cart into the classroom which held at least 3 classes to observe the event. This happened for every launch in those first years: Mercury, and later Gemini shots, and later still,... Sign in to see full entry.